How did Hitler rise to power - Sources - 3EXP

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Source Z: SAMPLE

In Mein KampfHitler outlined his political philosophy. He arguedthat the German (he wrongly described them as the Aryan race)

was superior to all others. Hitler believed that Aryan superiority

was being threatened particularly by the Jewish race who, he

argued, were lazy and had contributed little to world civilization.

(Hitler ignored the fact that some of his favourite composers

and musicians were Jewish).

In Mein KampfHitler declared that: "The external security of a

people in largely determined by the size of its territory." If he

won power Hitler promised to occupy Russian land that would

provide protection andlebensraum (living space) for the German

people. This action would help to destroy the Jewish/Marxist

attempt to control the world: "The Russian Empire in the East is

ripe for collapse; and the end of the Jewish domination of Russia

will also be the end of Russia as a state.

MeinKampf(English: My

Struggle or My

Battle) is a book

by Nazi leader Adolf

Hitler published

between 1925 and

1926
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A Nazi election poster from July 1932.

The Nazis proclaim We build! and

promise to provide work, freedom and

bread.

Riverside Secondary School 2010/SA1/ History /3E

Source A


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A Nazi propaganda

poster drawn in the

1930s

Source D: http://www.wwii-collectibles.com/adolf-hitler-ex.html

Source B
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This Nazi poster of

1932 says: Hitler

our last hope .

Source E: http://www.johndclare.net/Weimar7.htm

Source C
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Hitler used his strong nationalistic convictions and oratory skills

to the fullest. His message was simple: Germany did not lose

the war but was stabbed in the back by the Jewish traitors. The

Versailles Treaty was the root of all evil. The Jewish Capitalistsand the Communists are the mortal enemies of the German

people. The Germans are a superior race destined to rule the

World. Hitler was not capable of making mistakes in all matters

of life and death, and the destiny of Germany was in his hands.

The message was well received. Hitler skillfully and convincinglytold the Germans what they wanted to hear, and they voted for

him and he was appointed Chancellor.

An extract from an article Hitlers Popularity,

written by a Jew who lived in Nazi Germany in the

1930s.

taken from Hitlers Popularity by Alexander Kimal

Source D


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A description of one of Hitlers rallies in 1931, taken

from a book written by Albert Speer, a German

architect and Nazi Minister.Here it seemed to me was hope. The perils of communism could be

checked; instead of hopeless unemployment, Germany could move

towards economic recovery. He had mentioned the Jewish problem

only in passing and his comments did not bother me. It was during

these months that my mother saw a Stormtrooper parade. The sight ofdiscipline in a time of chaos seems to have won her over.

as quoted in The 20th Century: As It Was Livedby Nigel Kelly

Source E


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German children

playing with

stacks of money.The German

currency had very

little value in the

1920s.

http://www.usagold.com/germannightmare.html

Source G
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German woman using

money as fuel in

her wood burning stove.

During the 1923-1924

hyperinflation in

Germany, it tookless paper money to

generate the needed

heat in the stove by

burning the money

than it did to use it to buywood to burn.

Source H
https://www.igolder.com/glossary/hyperinflation/Fiat-Money-Is-Nearly-Worthless.jpg


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Hitlers private

army, the Sturm-

Abteilung orStormtroopers,

showing off the

Nazis

organizational

effectiveness.

Source I


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Source J

A profile of Adolf

Hitler from a

history textbook


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Source K

Reports on the

organisation of

the Nazi party

from a history

textbook


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Source L

A comic onHitlers path to

becoming the

Chancellor in

1933


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By appointing Hitler Chancellor of the Reich, you have handed over our

sacred German Fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time.

I prophesy to you that this evil man will plunge our Reich into the abyss

and will inflict immeasurable woe on our nation. Future generations willcurse you in your grave for this action

A telegram from an old army general to German President Hindenburg

on the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933

Source M


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Shortly after my arrival in the burning Reichstag, the Nazi elite had arrived. On

a balcony jutting out of the chamber, Hitler and his trusty followers were

assembled Hitler turned to the assembled company. Now I saw that his facewas purple with agitation and with the heat. He shouted uncontrollably, as I

had never seen him do before, as if he was going to burst: "There will be no

mercy now. Anyone who stands in our way will be cut down. The German

people will not tolerate leniency. Every communist official will be shot where

he is found. Everybody in league with the Communists must be arrested.

The Reichstag fire (German: Der Reichstagsbrand) was an act of arson

(setting fire) on the Reichstag building, place of meeting of the German

Parliament, in Berlin on 27 February 1933.A Berlin fire station was called, and by the time the police and firefighters

had arrived, most of the building was covered in flames. Inside the building,

Marinus van der Lubbe was found. He was a Dutch communist. the Nazis

used it as a proof that communists were beginning a plot against the

German government.

This is an account from an eyewitness (Rudolf Diels the head of theGerman secret police or Gestapo)

Source N


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The poster reads, Bolshevismbrings war, unemployment and

famine.

This poster was published by

the German Association for

conquering Bolshevism in 1918.

Source O


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On 4 January 1933, Hitler, von Papen, and other German leaders came to my house in

Cologne. Hitler, von Papen and I went to my den where we were closeted in a

discussion lasting about two hours. Von Papen told Hitler that it seemed to him the

best thing to have the conservatives and nationalists who had supported him join with

the Nazis to form a government. He proposed that this new government should, if

possible, be headed by Hitler as Chancellor.

An account of a meeting between Hitler and von Papen in a friends house in

Cologne (town in Germany), January 1933

Source P

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